Nikki Yeoh
Nikki Yeoh is a British jazz pianist who has worked with Courtney Pine, Cleveland Watkiss, Steve Williamson, Chante Moore, The Roots and Neneh Cherry. Born in London, Yeoh is of mixed race origin, having a father from Malaysia of Chinese descent and an English mother. One of her first music teachers was Don Rendell.
Yeoh has a long standing collaboration with drummer Mark Mondesir and his bassist brother, Michael Mondesir in the jazz trio Infinitum. She also performs as part of The AllStars Collective.
Yeoh collaborated with The Roots in the 1994 Montreux Jazz Fest.Awards and honors
Yeoh won The Independent award for Best Jazz Musician of the Year in 1996 and in 1999 was a semi-finalist at the piano competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival. She won Jazz FM Instrumentalist of the Year in 2017.Discography
